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NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Tuesday told Supreme Court that scrutiny of citizenship during SIR of voter lists was only meant to ensure deletion of non-citizens from electoral rolls and did not extend to termination of citizenship or deportation. EC, through senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, told a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice...

College football player Ethan Walker dies suddenly at 20 during Florida vacation with girlfriend, family shares what happened (Image via Getty) Ethan Walker, a 20-year-old college football player from Iowa, died suddenly while on vacation in Florida. The heartbreaking moment happened on Sunday, Jan. 4, during a family trip to Orlando. His family shared that...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126512870,imgsize-643533,width-400,resizemode-4/medical-study.jpg" alt="ICMR eyes single test to detect multiple diseases, cut delays in right treatment" title=" Representative image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative image NEW DELHI: In a significant effort to speed up diagnosis of serious infections – a move that experts say could also help reduce unnecessary use of broad-spectrum antibiotics and mitigate the risk...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126512820,imgsize-961080,width-400,resizemode-4/article-70.jpg" alt="ICMR to define 'normal' health parameters for Indian kids, adolescents" title=" Representative image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative image NEW DELHI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has shortlisted 11 medical institutions across the country for a study to define what is medically normal for Indian children and adolescents – a move expected...

President Donald Trump speaks with Corey Williams, Ford River Rouge Plant Manager, during a tour of the Ford River Rogue complex, Tuesday, Jan. 13 (AP photo) US President Donald Trump a visited a Ford Motor Co. assembly line in Michigan on Tuesday in an attempt to push his manufacturing agenda, as his administration works to...

CHENNAI: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued a notice to TVK president Vijay asking him to appear again for an inquiry in the Karur stampede case on January 19.Vijay who appeared before the agency at its headquarters in New Delhi on Monday, returned to Chennai on Tuesday. CBI has sought his presence for another...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126512573,imgsize-1097261,width-400,resizemode-4/article-65.jpg" alt="SC moves to ensure 25% free seats for poor in all schools" title=" AI image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> NEW DELHI: Holding that the constitutional goal of fraternity can be achieved only when a rickshaw puller’s child studies in a school alongside the child of a multi-millionaire or a Supreme Court judge, the apex...

LONDON: Two Indian-origin people have been caught in a sting operation in the UK selling British visas illegally for thousands of pounds and even offering them to migrants without any requirement to work.The Daily Mail said its undercover investigation found an Indian-origin female student in Britain selling work visas on Facebook Marketplace using forged documents...

Representative image SRINAGAR: Ladakh UT administration on Tuesday suspended the famous Chaddar trek over frozen Zanskar river after a committee comprising BRO and UT Disaster Response Force found the river had begun to unfreeze, making one of India’s most challenging winter treks hazardous.“No trekking or allied adventure activity will be permitted on the route during...

Representative image JAMMU: Gunshots rang out in the air Tuesday after security forces launched a joint search operation in Najote, a remote village in J&K’s Kathua district, based on information about the presence of terrorists there. The area lies near Kamadh Nallah in Kahog forest belt, where an encounter had erupted on Jan 7. The...